Job Listing
Registered Nurse Assistant Chief
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
New Mexico VA Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse Assistant Chief (Operations Service).
What You'll Do
- →The Assistant Chief Nurse demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.
- →Functions as a self-directed clinical leader, educator, and consultant utilizing management theory in collaboration with Patient Care Service (PCS) and other services.
- →They establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of medical center personnel and relate effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and network levels.
- →Assists Nurse Managers (NM) to carry out the functions and activities expected of them.
- →Contribute ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of nursing organization-wide, while assisting in policy-making activities as related to customer service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs.
- →Collaborates with other health care staff to establish and maintain programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care.
- →The Assistant Chief Nurse demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level, including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately.
- →Performs administrative functions to assistant the Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc.
- →They assist with aggregate data and participate in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements for operational status.
- →Provides leadership in determining the allocation of resources based on patient care systems that produce high-quality outcomes.
- →Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN), or Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO).
- →Actively supports and role models patient-family centered care concepts in patient care services.
- →The Assistant Chief Nurse engages in professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth.
- →They adhere to ethical principles in decision-making, fostering accountability at personal, organizational, and staff levels.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: fcc2c8c8-4996-4d00-baf0-ae7934288ef3
Posted via USAJobs